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We tried to give everyone a little extra leeway the past week or so to allow everyone to vent, but now that things have calmed down a little I would just like to remind everyone that the community standards apply not just regarding posts about players or your fellow users, but also when you're posting about those in Yankees management. We encourage everyone to post their opinions freely, positive or negative, about the Yankees management or anything else, but please make sure to do so in an...

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Seems to me that the kind of commentary generally directed toward Yankee management here should be directed at him for the coming season. Seems to me that he needs to step up the payroll substantially this off season. He has a great group of young players and they may need the support of Yankee revenues to win a couple of championships. They can win with a somewhat better rotation, a return to hitting form from Sanchez, a more relaxed Stanton, and some better luck on injuries.
But the...

As of 8 (SSS) games: 32 AB, .063/1/3/-24 OPS+.
I have no doubt whatsoever that he'll start raking soon and put up good numbers; he's just too good of a hitter.
I'm also curious to see if he'll equal or surpass last year's numbers.

I hope it's not premature to start this :D
Solid article with some background about his life and such:
http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2017/12/giancarlo_stanton_traded_to_yankees_things_to_know.html
Also:
Besides his multiple names, does he have any baseball nicknames that people know of?